Low Carbon Technologies for Our Cities of Future: Examining Mechanisms for Successful Transfer and Diffusion

Chandrika Mehta, Uday Shankar and Tapas K. Bandopadhyay

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2016, vol. 72, issue 4, 410-422

Abstract: The urge to adopt the proceedings at the recently concluded COP-21 with a binding legal status is indicative of the fact that nations now realise the seriousness of the issue, alike. The international community is just paving way for a low carbon, energy efficient planet. Rapid urbanisation has led to overpopulated cities that demand better quality of life for its residents. On the one hand, there is a global urge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and on the other hand, the world is moving towards a ‘smart’ future. Both these suppositions are interspersed by a common goal of sustainable development. Alternately, the discussion tends to focus on use of clean energy technologies. Cities will be at the centre of this unique and unprecedented challenge. This research seeks to explore the role that city governance plays in climate mitigation and adaptation at the global level. Furthermore, the article examines and evaluates low carbon technology as a choice to be inculcated in encountering climate change hazards and essentially looks into the modus operandi of the transfer and diffusion of low carbon/clean energy technologies.

Keywords: Cities; climate mitigation and adaptation; low carbon technologies; technology transfer and diffusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0974928416671590

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